School of Performing Arts Seoul

Private high school in Seoul, South Korea

Not to be confused with Seoul Arts High School.

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School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA)
서울공연예술고등학교 (서공예)

Address

16-26 Ori-ro 22na-gil, Guro District

Seoul

South Korea

Coordinates| 37°30′01″N 126°49′55″E﻿ / ﻿37.500139°N 126.832083°E﻿ / 37.500139; 126.832083
Information
Type| Private
Established| 1966 (59 years ago) (1966)
Principal| Im Ho-seong (임호성)[1]
Deputy principal| Kwon Oh-hyun (권오현)
Faculty| 37
Gender| Co-educational
Enrollment| 813[2]
Color(s)| Yellow

Website| sopa.hs.kr

School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA; Korean: 서울공연예술고등학교 / 서공예) is an arts high school located in Gung-dong, Guro District, in Seoul, South Korea.[3]

## History

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SOPA was founded on March 6, 1966 as Jeonghui High School (정희고등공민학교). On February 28, 2002, Park Jae-ryeon was appointed as principal.[4] SOPA was relocated on September 1, 2008 to its current location at 147-1 Gung-dong, Guro-gu in Seoul.

After changing its name to School of Performing Arts Seoul (Korean: 서울공연예술고등학교; RR: Seo-ul Gong-yeon Yesul Godeung Hakkyo), SOPA took in their first batch of students on March 1, 2009. There are a total of 11,935 graduates as of February 4, 2016, with March 2, 2016 marking new student admissions for the 2016 school year.

## Departments

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* Department of Theatre & Film
* Department of Practical Dance
* Department of Practical Music
* Department of Stage Arts
* Department of Theatre Arts (combined with Department of Broadcasting Arts to form Department of Theatre & Film)[5]
* Department of Broadcasting Arts (combined with Department of Theatre Arts to form Department of Theatre & Film)[6]

## Notable alumni

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Main page: Category:School of Performing Arts Seoul alumni

* An Yu-jin
* Bae Suzy[7]
* Bang Ye-dam[8]
* Cheng Xiao
* Choi Jin-ri (aka "Sulli")[9]
* Choi Jun-hong (aka "Zelo")
* Choi Jisu (aka "Lia")
* Choi Min-hwan
* Choi Seo-ah (aka "Juniel")
* Choi Ye-won (aka "Arin")[10]
* Choi Yoo-jung[11]
* Choi Yu-na (aka "Yuju")
* Choi Seungcheol (aka "S.Coups")
* Chu So-jung (aka "Exy")
* Gong Chan-sik (aka "Gongchan")
* Heo Young-ji
* Hong Ye-ji[12]
* Hwang Eun-bi[13] (aka "SinB")
* Hwang Hyun-jin
* Hwang Min-hyun
* Jang Do-yoon
* Jang Won-young[14]
* Jang Ye-eun
* Jeon Jung-kook[15]
* Jeon Wonwoo (aka "Wonwoo")
* Jeong Yun-o (aka "Jaehyun")[16]
* Jo Kwang-min
* Jo Young-min
* Jung Chae-yeon[17]
* Jung Eun-bi (aka "Eunha")[17]
* Jeong Se-woon
* Jung Ye-rin[18]
* Jung Yoon-seok
* Kang Chan-hee
* Kang Mi-na[19]
* Kang Seul-gi
* Kang Yi-seok
* Kim Do-yeon
* Kim Jae-hyun
* Kim Jae-won[20]
* Kim Ji-soo
* Kim Jong-in (aka "Kai")
* Kim Min-jae
* Kim Min-ju[21]
* Kim Nam-joo[22]
* Kim Sae-ron
* Kim Woo-jin
* Kim Ye-won (aka "Umji")[23][24]
* Kwak Dong-yeon
* Kwon Eun-bi
* Lee Da-bin (aka "Yeonwoo")
* Lee Dae-hwi[25]
* Lee Ha-yi
* Lee Dong-hyuck (aka "Haechan")
* Lee Hye-ri[26]
* Lee Jae-jin
* Lee Je-no
* Lee Jong-hyun
* Lee Na-eun
* Lee Tae-yong[27]
* Lee Young-yoo
* Mark Lee
* Na Hae-ryung
* Na Jae-min[28]
* Oh Ha-young[29]
* Oh Se-hun[9]
* Park Ji-hoon[30][31]
* Park Jung-hyun (aka "Xiyeon")
* Park Soo-young (aka "Joy")
* Ryu Su-jeong
* Seo Ji-hee
* Shin Ji-hoon
* Son Na-eun
* Son Seung-yeon
* Song Seung-hyun
* Yang Jeongin (aka "I.N")
* Zhou Jieqiong[32]

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## External links

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* Official website